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Word 2007
1. Give out handout.
2. GUI. How is it different from 2003? Show and give examples.
  • Locations of options are different.
  • No more drop down menus.
  • Office button.
  • The ribbon
  • Tabs
  • Groups
  • Show new location of most basic common functions, such as cut, copy, paste, word size, style, and all other basic formatting.
3. Have the class follow step by step and make an MLA format document
4. Show how to use the basic formatting
  • Create a simple document with class.
  • Make heading
  • Make a title
  • Realign text
  • Bold, italicize, underline
  • Add a short body
  • Highlight text/right click and show pop up text editor box,
  • Header and footer.
  • Point out how when formatting, a preview is shown of what it will look like if it is changed to that.
5. Save as a Word 2003 and .rtf document
6. If time permits, show more details to the locations and use of other options
  • Inserting
  • Page Layout
  • Spelling and Grammar check
  • Find/Replace
  • Bullets/Numbering
  • Header/Footer
  • Page Number
  • Double Spacing
7. 10-15 minutes for questions

Excel 2007
1. Give out handout.
2. GUI. How is it different from 2003? Show and give examples.
  • Locations of options are different.
  • No more drop down menus.
  • Office button.
  • Tabs
  • Groups
  • Zoom slider
  • View buttons
  • Dialog Box launcher
3. Show new location of and how to use most common options
  • Create worksheet with the class
  • Show how to format the cells
  • Show how to use formulas on that data
  • Make a chart with that data
4. Save as a Excel 2003 document
5. If time permits, show more details to the locations and use of other options
  • Inserting
  • Save in Excel 97-2003 format, why
  • F1, blue question mark, for help
  • Print Preview
  • Create a new tab
  • Rename tab
  • Inserting
    • Picture
    • Chart
  • Page layout
  • Margins
  • Spell Check
  • Header/Footer
  • Page Layout
  • Spelling and Grammar check
6. 10-15 minutes for questions

PowerPoint 2007
1. Give out handout.
2. GUI. How is it different from 2003? Show and give examples.
  • Locations of options are different.
  • No more drop down menus.
  • Office button.
  • Tabs
  • Groups
  • Zoom slider
  • View buttons
  • Dialog Box launcher
3. Show new location of and how to use most common options
Create a slide show with/for the class
  • Make a title
  • Make a body
  • Create new slides
  • Change the layout
  • Change the design
  • Add Audio
  • Add Video
  • Add Pictures
  • Create different transitions between slides
  • Save as PowerPoint 97-2003
4. 10-15 minutes for questions

Vista – Top New Features
1. Give out handout.
2. Show and explain each of the top new features
  • New Desktop
  • Sidebar and Gadgets
  • Start Menu
  • New Instant search feature
  • New Windows Explorer
  • Personal folder- dropped the “My” for documents, pictures, videos folders
  • Press “Alt” to make menus appear, they are hidden by default
  • Advanced Search
  • New view options
  • New power options setup
  • Windows Flip
3. 10-15 minutes for questions


  • MS Access
    • Creating tables, queries and reports
    • Importing/exporting data
    • Linking
  • MS Outlook
    • Out of office Assistant
    • Rules
    • Folders
    • Flagging
  • Adobe Photoshop
    • Basic Editing
    • Filters
  • Adobe Illustrator
    • Drawing
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
    • Crating a website
    • CSS
    • Editing Pages
  • Adobe Flash
    • Drawing
    • Animation Techniques
    • ActionScript
  • Gimp
    • Downloading and installation
    • Basic Editing
    • Filters
  • Open Office
    • Downloading and Installation
    • Comparison to MS Office
    • Saving Documents in an MS format, not Open Office format